Dish washer and drainer.



F. MOHARGUE. DISH WASHER AND DRAINER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 25, 1910.

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Patented Aug. 22, 1911.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug, 22, .1911

Application filed. November 25, 1910. Serial No. 594,097.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ALMA T. MGHARGUE a-nd OSCAR F. MoHARooE, citizensof the United States of America, and residents of Columbus, in thecounty of Yellowstone and State of Montana, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Dish \Vashers and Drainers, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to washing apparatus and particularly to a dishwasher and drainer.

An object of this invention is to provide an apparatus in which dishesare subjected to the action of liquid while the said liquid is'beingagitated through the action of an oscillatory member adapted to supporta container for the liquid and dishes.

Furthermore, an object of this invention is to provide a container, abracket or arm for supporting the container and means associated withthe bracket or arm for bracing the container and preventing itsdislodgment when the said bracket is being manipulated.

Furthermore, an object of this invention is to produce article holdersadapted to fit within the container, the said article holders comprisingbaskets or open mesh receptacles for containing lates and other dishesor table cutlery which are to be subjected to the action of the liquidwithin the container the said holder being capable of being bodi yremoved from the container with the contents so that the contents may becarried to places convenient for their distribution.

YVith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists inthe details of construction and in the arrangement and combination ofparts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings forming part of this specification, wherein likecharacters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and inFigure 1 illustrates a view in elevation of the apparatus applied to abase board; Fig. 2 illustrates an end view of a fragment of theapparatus; Fig. 3 illustrates a top' plan view thereof; and Figs. 4, 5and 6 illustrate perspective views of holders designed to be applied tothe container.

' In these drawings 7 denotes a base having a clamp 8 thereon, the saidclamp having a thumb screw 9 which is adapted to be secured in the clampfor the purpose of binding against the base 7. The clamp is furtherprovided with a pivotal rod 10 which rises therefrom vertically.

Associated with the clamp and rod 10 is a bracket having an arm 11terminating at its rearend in a hub 12 which fits on the rod 10, thesaid arm being bifurcated at its outer end to form branches 13 and 14,each of which has near its end a shoulder 15 and 16 respectively for thepurpose of forming an abatement for a container or receptacle 17. whichis designed to. receive liquid.

The branch 13 of the arm terminates in a handle 18 which may be graspedby an operator for the purpose of manipulating the arm by oscillating iton the rod 10. The arm 11 is also provided with a 111 19 which serves toconfine the receptacle ll and preventits dislodgment from the shoulders15 and 16. As a further means for retaining the receptacle 17 inoperative relation to the rod 10, we provide the said receptacle with anarm 20 extending outwardly from its side and provided with an aperture21 to receive the rod 10. From an inspection of Fig. 1, it will be seenthat as the hub 12 is partially rotated with respect to the rod '10, thearm 20 also turns on the said rod and thus the upper -part ofthe'receptacle is maintained in proper relation to the rod and preventedfrom dislodgnient whereas the said receptacle is also steadied or'hcldagainst vibration by the said arm.

The receptacle 17 is provided with a plurality of attachments such asthe holders 21, 22 and 23, the former of which is of an ordinarybasket-shaped construction and it has a solid bottom and is intended forthe purpose of containing the table cutlery, knives and small articles.The holder 23 is preferably of wire mesh and is designed as a generalpurpose basket, that is to say, any of the dishes or cutlery articlesmay be placed in it when they are to be'snbjected to the action of theliquid within the container and it has been found in practice that theholder 21 may be placed in the holder 23 and that dishes or otherarticles may be placed around the holder '21, thus permitting thesilverware and dishes to be washed at the same time, yet retaining thesilverware and cutlery separate from the dishes and providing means forthe removal of all of the silverware and cutlery by the simple removalof the holder 21.

The holder 22 is designed exclusively for use as a rack for plates whichare to be subjected to the action of liquid within the con tainerand asshown in Fig. 7 we provide an elliptical frame comprising a top member24, a bottom member 25 and a series of vertically disposed ribs 26. Oneside the holder is without the vertically disposed ribs and it is fromthis side that the plates are applied to the rack. As shown in thedra'W-' ings, a, series of longitudinally disposed wires 27 (or rods maybe used, though the term wires will hereafter be employed by which is.meant rods, wires or other supporting members,) extend from one of theendv ribs to another-of the end ribs, parallel with the sides of theholder, but'they stand a slight distance from the said sides in order toaccommodate the edges of the plates between the Wires on which theplates are supported and the said sides of the holder. There isanotherseries of wires 28 opposite the. wires 27, the said wires 28having their ends also secured to ribs at the ends of the holder. Thewires of the rackare curved vertically to correspond with the generalcontour of a cross section of a plate. The last mentioned series ofwires is on ashghtly higher plane than the first mentioned series and aplate applied to the lowermost wire of one series and to the lowermostwire of The purpose of the inventors is to provide this plate rack inorder that the plates may be placed in the holder by inserting theparatus heretofore. described proves un- ,usually efiiclent 1n washingand drylng dishes in that the peculiar motion of the receptacle carriedby theoscillating bracket or arm agitates the water within thereceptacle so that the force of the Water against the contents of thereceptacle will be such as to remove any deposits from the dishes andleave them free of grease and particles of food, after which the saiddishes are allowed to drain by removing the holders from the receptaclesand'as the heat of the liquid leaves the dishes and other articles in aheated 's ate, they quickly-dry-upon their being removed from thecontainer.

- We claim In a dish washer, a clamp, a rod thereon, an arm having a hubmounted on the rod, branches on the said arm, a lug on the arm.shoulders on the branches, a receptacle co-n fined between the lug andthe shoulders, an arm on the receptacle engaged by the rod, and articleholders comprising open mesh receptacles adapted to be applied to thefirst mentioned receptacle.

In testimony whereof, we here-unto aflix our signatures in the presenceof two witnesses.

' ALMA T. iuen aneuu.

I OSCAR F. MoHAR-GUE.

Witnesses: i

Mrs. THOS. S. DAVIS, EDGAR F. PARKS.

